More than 10,000 COVID conspiracy theorists gather in London

[octoberlib]

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Huge crowd of anti-vaxxers led by David Icke gather to argue that virus is a lie spread in secret global plot organised by Bill Gates


More than 10,000 Covid-19 conspiracy theorists who believe the virus is a hoax have gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to protest against lockdown restrictions and vaccination programmes.

Demonstrators in the 'Unite for Freedom' rally - which started at noon in the capital - called for an 'end to Government lies' and the restoration of all freedoms as they marched past Downing Street towards the Houses of Parliament.

Pictures from the demonstration show Trafalgar Square almost full of protesters - none of whom are wearing masks - holding signs that brand the pandemic as a 'hoax'. When full, the square holds up to 35,000 people.

Other signs claimed masks reduce immunity and likened the restrictions to 'child torture'. One person held a homemade placard on which he had scrawled 'no to mandatory vaccines.'







David Icke is the notorious conspiracy theorist who often makes headlines for his controversial comments.

The 68-year-old former professional footballer has written more than 20 books and once tried his hand at punditry and sports reporting.

In 1991, he appeared on Sir Terry Wogan's TV chat show where he declared himself as the son of God in a now-infamous clip which he describes as a 'defining moment'. Other bizarre claims he have made include that the royal family are lizards.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8676875/Thousands-anti-maskers-believe-pandemic-HOAX-march-against-lockdown-London.html

[Beakybird]

1. They're crazier than we are.

[octoberlib]

2. Don't know about that. We have plenty of anti-vaxers as well as QAnon.

Hell, the GOP in general.

[RKP5637]

3. It's in a weird way good to see the stupidity isn't only in the US. A total WTF is wrong

with people. No wonder the planet is so F'ed up.

[octoberlib]

4. I thought the same thing. We're not the only crazy ones.

[Initech]

7. Same shit, different country!

Right wingers are pretty much the same no matter where you go.

[muntrv]

5. Darwin likes this.

[Celerity]

6. David Icke was born in 1952, he is 68, not 52

Coronavirus: YouTube deletes David Icke's channel over pandemic misinformation

The video-sharing platform had warned the former TV presenter over his content which linked the coronavirus pandemic to 5G.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-youtube-deletes-david-ickes-channel-over-pandemic-misinformation-11982342

[octoberlib]

10. Thanks! I copy and pasted and don't know where in the hell 52 came from.

[Celerity]

12. absolutely oki!

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Protesting virus restrictions by *creating* a super-spreader event ??

How many cases of infection will be traced back to this one gathering ?

[underpants]

9. How many 5G towers did these morons set on fire?

Moooooorons

[RKP5637]

13. Yeah, probably did. Wackos generally seem to combine several things to go nuts about. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Ugh.

[RKP5637]

14. Looking at the pics in the article, many have the same stupid look that ours do. n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Oh, that's a lot of upcoming Covid-19 cases.

[T_i_B]

16. Mind you...

...these are people who you would socially distance from at the best of times!

The anti-science nonsense is perhaps to be expected but the heavy prevalence of conspiracy theorists should give anti-maskers pause for thought. All they needed was keynote speech from the Flat Earth Society to get full house in loony bingo!

[T_i_B]

17. I have read some of David Icke's books...

...badly written, wildly angry and often extremely bizarre arguments (world leaders being reptilians) with underlying anti-semitic themes. Chapters in his books are invariably topped off with new age psychobabble that bears no correlation with everything else he's written in the chapter.